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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-09-24 15:13:11 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-09-24 15:13:11 -0700 |
commit | 8b3f6af86378d0a10ca2f1ded1da124aef13b62c (patch) | |
tree | de6ca90295730343c495be8d98be8efa322140ef /mm/mmu_context.c | |
parent | 139d6065c83071d5f66cd013a274a43699f8e2c1 (diff) | |
parent | 94e0fb086fc5663c38bbc0fe86d698be8314f82f (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts:
drivers/staging/Kconfig
drivers/staging/Makefile
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/TODO
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc-usb_drv.c
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc.h
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc_int.h
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpcusb.h
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/mmu_context.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/mmu_context.c | 58 |
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mmu_context.c b/mm/mmu_context.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ded9081f402 --- /dev/null +++ b/mm/mmu_context.c @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +/* Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. + * + * See ../COPYING for licensing terms. + */ + +#include <linux/mm.h> +#include <linux/mmu_context.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> + +#include <asm/mmu_context.h> + +/* + * use_mm + * Makes the calling kernel thread take on the specified + * mm context. + * Called by the retry thread execute retries within the + * iocb issuer's mm context, so that copy_from/to_user + * operations work seamlessly for aio. + * (Note: this routine is intended to be called only + * from a kernel thread context) + */ +void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + struct mm_struct *active_mm; + struct task_struct *tsk = current; + + task_lock(tsk); + active_mm = tsk->active_mm; + if (active_mm != mm) { + atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count); + tsk->active_mm = mm; + } + tsk->mm = mm; + switch_mm(active_mm, mm, tsk); + task_unlock(tsk); + + if (active_mm != mm) + mmdrop(active_mm); +} + +/* + * unuse_mm + * Reverses the effect of use_mm, i.e. releases the + * specified mm context which was earlier taken on + * by the calling kernel thread + * (Note: this routine is intended to be called only + * from a kernel thread context) + */ +void unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + struct task_struct *tsk = current; + + task_lock(tsk); + tsk->mm = NULL; + /* active_mm is still 'mm' */ + enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk); + task_unlock(tsk); +} |